If you were to solo a character, what character would it be ??

[Zhym]

17 hours ago, InvaderStych said:

Anything/Martial Combat makes a good solo blaster - Ki-Push is a great tool for dealing with troublesome targets (and endless fun), Reaction Time is fantastic, Dragon's Tail is one of the most reliable knock-downs around, Storm Kick is amazing DPA, and Inner Will on Auto is like having a Break Free without needing to think about it.

 

... and that's all without getting into the goodness that is Burst of Speed 😄

Building on this: Dual Pistols/Martial Combat is an amazing solo blaster combo.  In addition to the great things about Ki Push, Reaction Time, Dragon's Tail, Storm Kick, and Will, the guns have a knockback effect that helps immensely with crowd control.  Then when you start building up some defenses, you can take Swap Ammo and your guns can do extra fire damage (or do cold damage and slow, or toxic damage and debuff).  And there's something about using Ki Push on a mob and then shooting them while they're still flying backwards that's so satisfying.  It's just an all-around fantastic combo for soloing.

 

BTW, thanks for enhancement sets being so affordable in Homecoming, a good blaster build can completely hold its own defensively.  You just need to load up with sets that have +def.  My DP/MC blaster has 40% ranged defense, 25% melee defense, and 43% smashing resistance, and that's far from the def/res optimization that's possible.  But it's enough for him to go full blapper, run into a large crowd, and hit an alpha strike that will take most of the enemies out and make the rest easy clean-up.  When you can do that with a blaster, Sentinels are...well, hats off to those who enjoy playing sentinels, but the one Sentinel I've played got less and less useful as he gained levels, because his defensive secondary doesn't really make him that much sturdier than my characters who just buff defense and resistance through enhancement set bonuses. 

 

The other suggestion I'd make is for a stalker.  They can't take out the sheer number of enemies at once that a good blapper can, but they're great for moving through the story.  Want to just run to the end and click the objective?  Find the mission boss and defeat him, possibly in one hit, without bothering with all the mooks keeping watch?  A stalker is great at that.   The downside is when you get one of those defeat-all missions: stalkers are mostly about the up close and personal defeats.  Defeat alls are kind of annoying with a stalker.  And don't get me started on escort missions. ("That stealth you use so much?  Turn it off, and escort this poor schmoe back past all the enemies you avoided to get to him.  Hah!")  FWIW, I ran a Ninja Blade/Ninjitsu stalker and a Claws/Super Reflexes stalker through all the red side content, and both were really fun to play.

Edited January 11 by Zhym

[WanderingAries]

Not so much on Live, but I solo'd just about every alt I've ever made TBH. If I was feeling lazy, then maybe an MM, but more than likely I'd be found on a Dark / Dark / Dark... Scrap / Brute.

[Glacier Peak]

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[JasperStone]

Yes.